My search for GIT GUI clients have continued for a couple of days. My last blog post sparked my curiosity once again and I have again checked what’s available on the market.
For my private stuff I have more or less decided to go with SmartGit. I like the client and I can use it on both Windows and Linux. I am also interested in Ungit. It’s quirky but fun.
The thing is that I need a client for my work stuff as well. I can’t use SmartGit for that unfortunately. So I have tried GitEye , Aurees and GitAhead .
I couldn’t stand GitEye. It literally looked like an old Java application. I think it’s feature rich, though. Aurees has a strange GUI and a weird license. GitAhead really surprised me. It has a MIT license and a clean and nice GUI. It has enough features for me at the moment. It works well on both Windows and Linux. GitAhead does not have a built-in merge conflict tool like SmartGit does. So I have to resort to using external tools like meld or p4merge. I would of course prefer a built-in tool, but it’s not too bad.
The conclusion this time is that GitAhead will be my go-to GIT GUI client at work.